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Leontopodium calocephalum (Franch.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesLeontopodium calocephalum (Franch.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae
BibliographyBull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 1: 189 (1909)
Native Rangec. China to e. Qinghai
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and rocks
Altitude2600-4200m
Descriptionbasal leaves densely crowded, ovate or narrower, stem leaves persistent, ovate to lanceolate, adaxially grey to glabrous, abaxially lanate, bracteate heads 7-10cm acros
Size10-40cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca+
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai)
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